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French House Chic

Jane Webster · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate interior design book for anyone who has ever dreamed of living in a French houseIt is more than twelve years since Jane Webster, the poster girl for selling up and following your dreams, bought Chateau Bosgouet, a derelict chateau in Normandy and moved her young family to France....
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Novel Interiors: Living in Enchanted Rooms Inspired by Literature

Lisa Borgnes Giramonti · Potter Style
Format: Hardcover

For those who have ever lost themselves in the stylish worlds of novels like Sense and Sensibility, The Age of Innocence, Wuthering Heights, The Picture of Dorian Gray and countless others, this design book embraces the fantasy of time and place, showing you how to bring some of those...
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The Art of Discarding: How to Get Rid of Clutter and Find Joy

Nagisa Tatsumi · Hachette Books
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

The book that inspired Marie Kondo's The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Nagisa Tatsumi's international bestseller offers a practical plan to figure out what to keep and what to discard so you can get - and stay - tidy, once and for all.Practical and inspiring, The Art of Discarding...
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The Right Color

Eve Ashcraft · Artisan
Format: Print book

The definitive guide to paint by the nation’s most sought-after color consultantWhen Martha Stewart was developing her first paint collection, the Araucana Colors (based on the hues of her chickens’ eggs), she turned to the nation’s top color consultant: Eve Ashcraft....
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Cultivating Garden Style: Inspired Ideas and Practical Advice to Unleash Your Garden Personality

Rochelle Greayer · Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

In Cultivating Garden Style, Rochelle Greayer shares ways to create outdoor areas that are charming, comfortable, appealing, and reflect individuality. It features twenty-three unique garden styles accompanied by advice on how to recreate the look. Simple step-by-step projects, like how to make...
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Lilies: An Illustrated Guide To Varieties, Cultivation And Care, With Step-By-Step Instructions And Over 150 Stunning Photographs

Andrew Mikolajski · Southwater
Format: Paperback

An inspirational and practical handbook celebrating one of the most popular and attractive garden plants, the book features a directory of over 60 beautiful lilies and explains how to cultivate them successfully.
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Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Fumio Sasaki · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover

The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life.Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo -- he's just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided...
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Never Stop to Think... Do I Have a Place for This

Mary Randolph Carter · Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

In an age of picture-perfect interior design, best-selling author Mary Randolph Carter celebrates her highly personal and creative approach to decor, illustrating how to live stylishly with the many items you want to treasure forever. Mary Randolph Carter's newest book indulges our desire...
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Compost: A Family Guide to Making Soil from Scraps

Ben Raskin · Roost Books
Format: Hardcover

Set your family on the path to a planet-friendly lifestyle with this fun guide to compost--what it is, how to make it, how to maintain it.  Includes games, stickers, and more!Teach your kids that composting is fun with this funky guide that takes you from the nitty-gritty of compost...
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Grow Your Own Wedding Flowers: How to grow and arrange your own flowers for all special occasions

Georgie Newbery · Uit Cambridge Ltd, 2016.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Both inspiration and practical information for any bride wanting to plan and grow their perfect wedding flowers For anyone who wants to add a personal element to their wedding, care for the environment, and save money while they do it, Grow Your Own Wedding Flowers is a must-have book....
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Home Gardener's Container Gardens: Planting in Containers and Designing, Improving and Maintaining Container Gardens

David Squire · Creative Homeowner
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Home Gardener s Container Gardens is the essential guide to gardening with attractive urns, troughs, tubs, hanging baskets, window boxes, and wall pots. No matter how big or small a garden is, there is always room for a container. They can be used on terraces and patios to soften their...
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Style & Simplicity: An A to Z Guide to Living a More Beautiful Life

Ted Kennedy Watson · Sterling Signature
Format: Hardcover

Ted Kennedy Watson - acclaimed retailer, blogger, and stylist of the beautiful and unusual - has a passion for the art of display and an understanding of how distinctive touches make a space inviting. Here, in a lush, lavish, A-to-Z guide, he presents dozens of insider secrets and ideas...
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House Jungle: Turn Your Home into a Plant-Filled Paradise!

Annie Dornan-Smith · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback

House Jungle is a joyful, illustrated introduction to indoor gardening, presented with a decorator's eye. The vibrant drawings and hand-lettered text of author-illustrator Annie Dornan-Smith show how to prepare the perfect container and select plants based not only on their light and watering...
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Brickwork Projects for Patio & Garden: Designs, Instructions and 16 Easy-to-Build Projects

Alan Bridgewater · Creative Homeowner
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

From the decorative to the practical, Brickwork Projects for Patio & Garden offers a range of projects for all levels of expertise. Sixteen original projects range from a simple garden wall to a beautiful raised herringbone patio. Each project has been photographed step-by-step during...
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One Magic Square Vegetable Gardening: The Easy, Organic Way to Grow Your Own Food on a 3-Foot Square

Lolo Houbein · Experiment Llc
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

All it takes to grow your own organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs is One Magic Square Lolo Houbein has 40 years' worth of gardening wisdom to share - on how to coax an abundance of organic food from a plot that is just 3 feet square!Sustainable, cost-effective, and creative techniques:...
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